CompTIA exam questions
A contractor needs to destroy several drives containing confidential information so that they can never be used again. Which of the following destruction methods would BEST accomplish this task?
A. Overwrite the hard drives.
B. Drill into the hard drives.
C. Degauss the hard drives.
D. Sanitize the hard drives.
After a recent memory upgrade, a customer is reporting they have seen no improvement in their system performance. Upon inspection, the technician finds that 6.0 GB are detected but only 3.0 GB of memory are usable. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?
A. The remaining memory is a different type and cannot be used.
B. The remaining memory is defective and needs to be replaced.
C. The customer is using a 32-bit operating system.
D. The memory has not been properly configured in BIOS.
Peter, a customer, called and stated that since a virus was removed from his PC, Windows is now displaying errors about damaged system files. Which of the following tools should be used to correct the issue?
A. TASKKILL
B. DISKPART
C. CHKDSK
D. SFC
Peter, a technician, would like to map a network drive when he starts up his computer in the morning. Which of the following commands would he use to accomplish this task?
A. NSLOOKUP
B. NETSTAT
C. NBTSTAT
D. NET
A user states they have to reset the date and time on their computer every day. Which of the following hardware needs to be replaced to resolve this issue?
A. Processor
B. Hard drive
C. CMOS battery
D. Memory
A technician is reconfiguring an email account for off-line mode. Which of the following will describe the expected time of account synchronization with the email server?
A. It will depend on the SMTP settings of the email server.
B. It will depend on the time when the account was last synchronized.
C. It will depend on the POP settings of the email server.
D. There is no off-line mode for email.
An office of 25 computers is interested in employing a file server, network shares, and print server functionality. Which of the following network setups would be BEST suited for this situation?
A. Ad-hoc
B. Workgroup
C. Domain
D. Token ring
Which of the following is required in order to connect a mobile device to a GPS?
A. Data link cable
B. Infrared
C. Bluetooth
D. Wireless access point
An Internet browsers cookie could be classified as which of the following?
A. Rootkit
B. Phishing
C. Malware
D. Spyware
A technician wants to test connectivity with a remote device in the other room that appears to be having intermittent connectivity issues. Which of the following command line tools will allow them to check connectivity over an extended period of time without having to retype commands?
A. NSLOOKUP
B. PING
C. NETSTAT
D. TRACERT